Film on Leatherback Screens at the Dance Palace, Marin County, May 28th, 7-8:30 PM

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Fri, 27 May 2005 19:13:41 -0700

 

Last Journey for the Leatherback? to Be Screened at the Dance Palace, Marin

County, May 28th, 7-8:30 PM

 

Here is a great chance to see our documentary if you haven't already. And

the first 10 people to arrive will get a free copy of the movie!

 

Directions to the Dance Palace:

http://www.dancepalace.org/Directions.html

 

Come join us at the Dance Palace, May 28, 2005, 7-8:30pm, for an

introduction to California Current ecosystem by the National Marine

Sanctuaries and the Sea Turtle Restoration Network (based in Marin County).

Visitors will get a glimpse into the natural history of the elusive

Leatherback sea turtle and find out what you can do to help protect their

future. The talk will be followed by a screening of the highly acclaimed

documentary film The Last Journey of the Leatherback? Donations are

accepted.

 

The California Current moves south from Alaska down to Southern California

stimulating a productive marine ecosystem in California. Just off the Point

Reyes Peninsula, lie the Cordell Bank and the Gulf of the Farallones

National Marine Sanctuaries, which attract highly migratory species like the

leatherback sea turtle to feed in the bountiful waters.

 

Co-sponsored by Gallery Route One as part of the California Current project,

along with Sea Turtle Restoration Network, Cordell Bank and Gulf of the

Farallones National Marine Sanctuaries.

 

Families welcome! (some footage may be disturbing to young children;

recommended for grade 6 and up) Donations to benefit Sea Turtle Restoration

Network and Sanctuary education programs.

 

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Synopsis:

 

Shot in the US and Costa Rica, The Last Journey for the Leatherback?

documents the incredible life of the leatherbacks - the largest species of

sea turtle - which can dive as deep as the whales and migrate across entire

ocean basins.  Much of the story is told through interviews with leading

marine scientists, including Dr. Sylvia Earle, explorer-in-residence at the

National Geographic Society and named Time magazine's first " hero for the

planet. "

 

The Last Journey for the Leatherback? also details the threat industrial

fishing poses to their survival.  Every year, industrial fishing boats set

billions of baited ³longline² hooks and millions of miles of nets to catch

swordfish and tuna.  These hooks and nets are prime causes in the decline of

the leatherbacks.

 

Features appearances by: Dr. Carl Safina, Dr. Sylvia Earle, Dr. Frank

Paladino, Dr. Larry Crowder, Randall Arauz

 

 

" If the point of a documentary is to exact the will for change in an

audience, Last Journey for the Leatherback has succeeded with me. Until the

fishing industry gets responsible, they lose my few hundred bucks a year

from this point forward. Is this really the way we should be gathering our

fish supply? "

 

- Chris Parry, Efilmcritic.com

 

" Not your typical Discovery Channel educational video, ŒLast Journey for the

Leatherback?¹ takes a hard-hitting approach at spelling out the plight of

the leatherback sea turtle and its fellow ocean dwellers. "

- Carrie Robertson of the Gulf of Mexico Foundation

 

The film is directed by Stanley M. Minasian in conjunction with Turtle

Island Restoration Network and the Center for Biological Diversity, Beta SP,

stereo sound, 27:50 min., ISBN: 0-9761654-0-6, 2004

 

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Resources

 

Film and video reviewers: to receive a preview copy of the documentary call

Robert at 415-488-0370 x 106 or email robert

  

Interviews with filmmaker Stan Minasian and Dr. Sylvia Earle may be

arranged.

 

San Francisco Chronicle¹s preview of the documentary available at:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/08/27/WBG0N8D7EV1.DTL & a

mp;type=printable 

 

E Film Critic¹s review of the documentary available at:

http://efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=11104

 

Carrie Robertson of the Gulf of Mexico Foundation¹s review of the

documentary available at:

http://www.gulfmex.org/leatherback.htm

 

For more information visit:

www.seaturtles.org

www.savetheleatherback.com

www.gotmercury.org

http://www.sanctuaries.nos.noaa.gov/oms/omsfarallones/omsfarallones.html

 

SEA TURTLE RESTORATION PROJECT

POB 400/40 Montezuma Avenue Forest Knolls, CA 94933 USA

Ph. +1 415 488 0370 ext. 106 Fax +1 415 488 0372

robert